AFMA/Sun Lakes Diane Engel Retires

For the past 16 years, Diane Engel has been the face of the Arizona Fire & Medical Authority/Sun Lakes front office. Always with a smile, she has answered questions, given information, and helped keep the fire district running smoothly. Amid laughs, smiles, and even a few tears, Diane said goodbye as she and her husband…

Singles Dinner Club Update

Come one, come all to the Wednesday evening club for singles. We meet every week at 5 p.m. at the Palo Verde dining room for a sumptuous dinner and wonderful conversation with others in the same place in their lives. If Wednesday isn’t good for you, we also have a table for singles on Friday…

Sun Lakes Jewish Congregation Sisterhood

Esther Spear After the huge success of the annual Card Party fundraiser, the Sun Lakes Jewish Congregation Sisterhood continues to provide interesting programs for the community. The next meeting will take place on Thursday, April 23, at the Sun Lakes Chapel House at 1 p.m. The speaker will be Chip Jackson, docent from the Phoenix…

Standards & Poor

Helen Daley Don’t confuse this group with Standard & Poor’s, the financial services company that is older than jazz. Just to complicate matters, one of the main musicians in Standards & Poor is a partner and portfolio manager in an investment services company. Standards & Poor is led by a San Francisco native, multi-instrumentalist Evan…

Destructive and Cleansing Power of Water

Ron Burcham, Pastor, Risen Savior Lutheran Church As I write this article, I am sitting in my office, nothing unusual about that except I have not been able to sit in my office for six months! On Sept. 10, 2019, the Church Administration Building of Risen Savior flooded. A six-inch water main burst, and filled…